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Woman dies after being attacked by tiger in New Zealand zoo
The staff member is reported to have been cleaning the enclosure at the time
A WOMAN WORKING in a New Zealand zoo has died after being attacked by a tiger.
Hamilton Zoo have confirmed the death of the woman with media reports claiming that she was attacked when the Sumatran tiger’s enclosure was being cleaned.
“This is a tragic incident. It is too early to determine exactly what’s happened,” police senior sergeant Juliet Burgess said according to TVNZ.
The broadcaster reports that there were a dozen people visiting the zoo at the time, mostly families, but none of them saw what happened.
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